supot

Bikol Central

Etymology 1

Compare Cebuano, Tagalog supot, and Kapampangan suput.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: su‧pot
  • IPA(key): /ˈsupot/ [ˈsu.pot]

Noun

súpot

  1. bag (made of paper, cloth, plastic, etc.)
  2. pouch
  3. pocket; small bag or pitch, esp. such as those at the corner ends or sides of a billiard table

Etymology 2

From Chinese [Term?].

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: su‧pot
  • IPA(key): /suˈpot/ [suˈpot]

Adjective

supót

  1. (slang, derogatory, vulgar) uncircumcised
    Synonym: pisot

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *súput (pouch). Compare Ilocano supot, Kapampangan suput, Bikol Central supot, Cebuano supot, and Tausug suput. The term uncircumcised derives from the visual resemblance of the foreskin to a pouch covering the glans.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /ˈsupot/ [ˈsuː.pot̪̚] (bag; pocket, noun)
      • Rhymes: -upot
    • IPA(key): /suˈpot/ [sʊˈpot̪̚] (uncircumcised, adjective; uncircumcised male, noun)
      • Rhymes: -ot
  • Syllabification: su‧pot

Noun

supot (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜉᜓᜆ᜔)

  1. plastic bag
    Synonym: plastik
  2. (slightly dated) bag (of paper, plastic, cloth, etc.)
  3. (slightly dated) small money bag
    Synonyms: bolsito, lukubtan
  4. (slightly dated) pocket; small bag or pitch (especially on the holes of a billiards table)
    Synonym: supot-suputan
  5. (by extension, obsolete) gall bladder
    Synonym: pantog

Derived terms

  • isasupot
  • isupot
  • magsupot
  • manunupot
  • supot-suputan

See also

Adjective

supót (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜉᜓᜆ᜔)

  1. (slightly derogatory) uncircumcised
    Synonyms: pisot, insirkunsiso, (obsolete) bulhog
  2. (colloquial, slightly derogatory) failed; dud
    Synonyms: diplas, palyado, paltos, bigo, mintis
  3. (colloquial, slightly derogatory) inept; terrible
    Synonym: bano
  4. (colloquial, slightly derogatory) coward
    Synonym: duwag
  5. (obsolete) enclosed within a pouch; sheathed

See also

Noun

supót (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜉᜓᜆ᜔)

  1. uncircumcised male
  2. condition of being uncircumcised

Further reading

  • supot”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 1221.
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*súput”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI